Set fifteen years before the events of "Bates Motel". When Sam Bates drags his wife Norma and her two young sons to the town of White Pine Bay, the family is immediately met by Deputy Alex Romero who finds himself drawn to the headstrong young mother and the lives of her two boys. Warning. Very mild erotica. Nothing too graphic.

Alex is everything Norma had ever wanted in a husband, so we can't she stop manipulating and antagonising him? Why can't she let go and be with him the way he wants to be with her? Trigger warning - Chap. 1 has mild references to past sexual violence. Future chapters may refer to this more implicitly. Will not be the main focus of the story though.

Sheriff Alex Romero and Norma Bates have always been attracted to each other, but neither of them admitted to themselves until now. One day, in a certain motel room, feelings are poured out to one another. With Norman getting worse and an unexpected murder in White Pine Bay, will Alex and Norma be pulled together or pushed apart?